You could then use a search engine not just to find information on the internet, but to find objects in your home.

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The project hopes to give machines deployed in disaster situations the ability to find objects in their environment for use as tools, such as placing a chair to reach something high, or building bridges from debris.

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Another project for this year is to find a new Large Objects Store for the Museum.

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You need to find a way to leave the room using only the objects inside.

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Many teams of astronomers are using electronic cameras to find these near-Earth objects, but according to NASA, the entire effort consists of fewer than 100 people.

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Turkle seems to say that these natural actions find a kind of riskless mimicry in out habits of giving human qualities to objects like robots.

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They built barricades with barbed wires and found objects, anything they could find to defend themselves.

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He also had difficulties recognizing colors, faces, and everyday objects, yet he was surprised to find that he could still write.

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It's not about levitation or multiplication of objects -- those are just tools I happen to use to convey deeper concepts I find to be interesting.

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